GameBanshee: Dishonored Review

For the most part, it is. Dishonored is a finely-crafted, smart, well-written, expertly-designed game which takes inspiration from some of the best games of all time and, in a few places, even improves on them. The game does have its issues - namely in character progression, underwhelming stealth gameplay, and a slightly "two-dimensional" game world - but more than makes up for it with some of the best level design I've seen in a game, along with stunning art and audio direction. While it doesn't quite live up to its forefathers, it is the best game of its type made in nearly a decade, and highlights just about everything wrong with modern big-budget games today.